as in inhabitable
suitable for living in
the frigid Arctic is not habitable for amphibians and reptiles—or for humans, either, for that matter
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The search is on for habitable alien worlds, and eventually for signs of life in their atmospheres.
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Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
There are dozens of territories around the world that fit a similar profile to Greenland’s: sparsely populated, likely to become more habitable in the coming decades or home to valuable resources, and possessing weak, ambiguous, or transitional sovereignty.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Yesterday’s pangrams were biathlete, habitable and hittable.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
An animation shows the four closely orbiting planets whirling around Barnard's Star.
Proximity at a price
The planets are so close to the star that their surfaces are likely too hot to be habitable.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
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Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
There are dozens of territories around the world that fit a similar profile to Greenland’s: sparsely populated, likely to become more habitable in the coming decades or home to valuable resources, and possessing weak, ambiguous, or transitional sovereignty.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
Yesterday’s pangrams were biathlete, habitable and hittable.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
An animation shows the four closely orbiting planets whirling around Barnard's Star.
Proximity at a price
The planets are so close to the star that their surfaces are likely too hot to be habitable.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for habitable
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“Habitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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